Kedaresvara / Tripurantakesvara, Balligavi

Kalyani Chalukya sculpture centre with multiple shrines.

दर्शन महत्व: For serious temple-architecture itineraries in Malnad.

यात्रा का सर्वश्रेष्ठ समय: Oct–Feb

History

Balligavi (Balagame) in Shivamogga district was a Kalyani Chalukya and Kalamukha Shaiva centre. Kedaresvara and Tripurantakesvara preserve some of Karnataka’s finest 11th–12th century sculpture.

Legends

• Kalamukha teachers made Balligavi a university-town of Shaiva learning as much as a temple village.